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Brazil’s Azul Suspends E-Jet Deliveries by Four Years
Fifty-nine Embraer E2s will begin arriving at Azul in 2024 rather than 2020.
(l to r) Azul chairman David Neeleman, AerCap CEO Angus Kelly, Azul CEO John Rodgerson, and Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery celebrate the delivery of Azul's first E195-E2 in September 2019. (Photo: Gregory Polek)
(l to r) Azul chairman David Neeleman, AerCap CEO Angus Kelly, Azul CEO John Rodgerson, and Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery celebrate the delivery of Azul's first E195-E2 in September 2019. (Photo: Gregory Polek)

Brazilian airline Azul has reached an agreement with Embraer to postpone deliveries of 59 E2 jets by as much as four years, the airline said Wednesday. Originally scheduled for delivery between 2020 and 2023, the airplanes will instead begin arriving in 2024 under the terms of the new deal. The aircraft carry a value of 4.2 billion reais ($712 million) at list prices.